Tag/No Tag

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Manny A

Interesting take. I thought he did leave his baseline because his slide took him too far to the left of the bag for him to touch it, and an arm's length is usually considered the gauge for OOB calls.

Not even close. You don't judge where his slide takes him. You judge him from the moment a tag attempt begins to when it ends (it ended, um ... when he tagged him, in this case! ).

Blanco's baseline was on the line directly between second and first base (see 0:35 into the video).

You are starting way too early.

As expected, the pundits are screaming for expanded IR for tag/no tag plays. I don't see how these plays can be covered with IR because of possible follow-on action that could take place. But with what happened here and in the Cano play the night before, it's tough to argue against it.

Frankly, this is exactly the type of play that IR could help with... simply because there was no follow-on action.